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WALTER RIZZATI 1990 I Guerrieri Del Bronx RSD 2014 Death Waltz limited new seled
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April 19, 2014
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April 19, 2014
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Exclusive Record Store Day 2014 limited edition release! Grab it while you can!
Brand new and sealed!
Record Store Day exclusive limited to 1,000 LPs * 180gm BROWN & RED
SWIRL WAX FOR NORTH AMERICAN STORES * Embossed Death Waltz House sleeve
with Obi strip * Remastered from the original tapes * Features a giant
fold out poster and a 12 x 12 lithograph of exclusive original art *
Includes the chance to win either six months or a years supply of Death
Waltz Releases vis a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket Travelling twenty-four
years into the past in a beat-up DeLorean, Death Waltz Recording Company
has returned from a post-apocalyptic wasteland to bring you the
futuristic stylings of Walter Rizzati’s music to cult classic 1990: THE
BRONX WARRIORS. Coming from the mind of celebrated shlock-meister Enzo
G. Castellari, take John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, swap out the
whole of NYC for just the Bronx, add in a little bit of THE WARRIORS and
a lot of bikers and you have Castellari’s masterwork. The beauty of
Rizzati’s score is that while it’s a tricked-out work of crazy genius
for crazed biker gangs in a wasteland, it feels like a compilation of
scores for movies that would only really play on the old 42nd Street.
It’s not easy to nail down what Rizzati’s chief weapon is; is it the
electrifying guitar that wails out the main theme, the bassline that
reaches eleven on the funkometer, or the Manzarek-esque plinking
keyboards? Then there’s the thick percussion with the odd
time-signatures, like a demonic version of The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s
‘Take Five’, or the out-of-nowhere piano/guitar rag. Or maybe it’s the
big religioso number that sounds like it’s influenced by either Carl
Orff or Fabio Frizzi. Either way, The Bronx in 1990 is the place to be.
Just don’t forget your axe.
